See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Despite briefing papers, Trump claims he did not see that Russians were placing a bounty on American troops.   Perhaps the only bounty he has seen are the rolls he threw to hurricane victims in Puerto Rico.   Bolton correctly alerts that Putin plays Trump like a fiddle.  But must he be so out of tune.

Trump retweeted a man in a golf cart shouting, "White Power."  He claims he did not hear it.  Maybe golf carts are for him cute and cuddly, like cats are for others.   More likely, with dismal poll numbers, he has decided that dog whistles are not enough, he needs a bull horn, lest anyone doubt his racist bona fides.

Trump cannot complete the famous phrase.  He speaks evil with outlandish consistency.  President Obama committed treason.  Joe Biden is corrupt.  His former cabinet members are wacky, crazy, traitors.

Enough is enough.  November third cannot come too soon.

Summer Time Blues

For those trailing in the polls, June gloom is tempered because school's out for summer.  Historically, summer polls are slippery.  Vacation and recreation are the focus, not the babbling brook of political rhetoric.

But this blue wave may be different.  The rising tide may lift Biden and senatorial candidates.  This year strips of material are masks, not bikinis.  Hunkered down we have the time for current events.  With the triple threat of pandemic, recession, and calls for racial justice, we have the focus.

So the flashing blue polls may light the November skies.

Press the Press

Trump defied the odds.  He didn't just draw to an inside straight.   He drew to an inside straight flush, missing two cards.  The last card off the bottom of the deck was Comey reopening the Clinton email investigation, but the first was dealt by the main stream media.

Mixing metaphors, they turned the Hillary email nothing burger into a 4x4 with extra onions.  Voters were presented a false choice of the lesser of two evils.  Only one candidate was a narcissistic racist.  Adding to the negligence of the press, was a ratings based race to cover Trump rallies en toto.  Never has a candidate received such a heaping helping of free media.

So, free press, having nearly destroyed the country you owe us one.  You are not artists, so paint by the numbers, do not go free form.  If Biden has an adverse medical record or exam, report it.  But do not create a "losing a step," narrative.  Biden gaffed at 35, and has gaffes now.  As a stutterer he often has to switch words mid-sentence to compensate.  That exacerbates his gaffes.

Dare not create a moral equivalency between the occasional misstatement by Biden, and the frequent misdeeds by Trump.

The Ballad of Bunker Boy

He knew they were coming for him,
  because they were black and brown.
So he cowered and shivered,
   hiding deep underground

He called out the army, the guard,
  and our own air force.
They smote citizens with gas, flash/bangs,
   and men on horse.

He emerged and gathered to him
   everyone white,
But he needed something more,
  for the evangelical  right

He remembered a book from
  trials, and the like.
The bible held high he crossed,
  and looked for a mic.

No mic was present,
  unless Pence counted.
So he posed for pictures,
  as the police dismounted.



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